Psalms 89:47 · KJV
“Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?”
— Psalms 89:47
How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
What man {is he that} liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
Psalms 89 — Context
The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.
46How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
47Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
48What man {is he that} liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
49Lord, where {are} thy former lovingkindnesses, {which} thou swarest unto David in thy truth?
Cross References
Job 14:1
Man {that is} born of a woman {is} of few days, and full of trouble. {few...: Heb. short of days}
Job 10:9
Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?
Job 7:7
O remember that my life {is} wind: mine eye shall no more see good. {shall...: Heb. shall not return} {see: to see, that is, to enjoy}
Job 9:25-26
Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.
James 4:14
Whereas ye know not what {shall be} on the morrow. For what {is} your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. {It...: or, For it is}
Psalms 144:4
Man is like to vanity: his days {are} as a shadow that passeth away.
Psalms 39:5-6
Behold, thou hast made my days {as} an handbreadth; and mine age {is} as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state {is} altogether vanity. Selah. {at...: Heb. settled}
Psalms 119:84
How many {are} the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?